Clarkson v. Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court. — Hon. Elijah Robinson, Judge. (1) As a statement of a statutory cause of action, the complaint is insufficient. Swearingen v. R. R., 64 Mo. 73; Edwards v. E. E., 66 Mo. 567; Wallace v. E. E., 74 Mo. 594; Wymore v. E. E., 79 Mo. 247; Johnson v. E. E.,76 Mo. 554; Nance v. E. E., 79 Mo. 196. (2) The court erred in overruling defendant’s demurrer to the evidence.
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Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court. — Hon. Elijah Robinson, Judge. (1) As a statement of a statutory cause of action, the complaint is insufficient. Swearingen v. R. R., 64 Mo. 73; Edwards v. E. E., 66 Mo. 567; Wallace v. E. E., 74 Mo. 594; Wymore v. E. E., 79 Mo. 247; Johnson v. E. E.,76 Mo. 554; Nance v. E. E., 79 Mo. 196. (2) The court erred in overruling defendant’s demurrer to the evidence. (3) The court also erred in giving erroneous instructions and in refusing instructions which properly declared the law. Buel v. Transfer Co., 45 Mo. 562; Otto v. Bent, 48 Mo. 23; Price v. E. E., 77…
1Opinion of the Court
Ewisra, C. —
This action was instituted on the twenty-ninth day of January, 1882, before a justice of the peace in Montgomery county, Missouri, to recover the sum of fifty dollars, for a horse alleged to have been killed by one of defendant’s trains on the twenty-fifth day of October, 1881, upon the following statement:
“Plaintiff for his cause of action states that on or about the twenty-fifth day of October, 1881, defendant was, and is now, a corporation, duly incorporated under the laws of the state of Missouri. That defendant, as such corporation, was, on the twenty-fifth day of October,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Iba v. Hannibal & St. Joseph RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1870
- Lloyd v. Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1872
- Edwards v. Hannibal & St. Joseph R. R.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1877
- Russell v. Hannibal & St. Joseph RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1884
- Wymore v. Hannibal & St. Joseph RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
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